Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 1356. (Read 787146 times)

The main reason why Manchester united still perform poor is due to the bad structure of the team, I observed same thing each time Manchester united lead with goal difference in a match they fail to secure their defense. The defense team is the major problem cause I find no fault in united players except Ten Hag. Ten Hag has a lot of work to do but it seems  Ten Hag can't handle the situation, from my view Liverpool didn't play like they wanted to win the match or they just want to leave the race or else today performance look poor despite the fact they equalize at end I still never expected the poor performance. Arsenal leading with goal difference, the draw actually favoured Arsenal no doubt.

Top four is much far from Chelsea, they will only be able to just stay around top ten but i doubt if they will get to top four because even the top four teams aren't willing to give a chance to another other team to displace them and take over their position on the table because for them it's actually a very big deal to have to drop from the top four team where their chances of partaking in the champions league next season lays.

The pressure at the top currently is really an interesting one and i can say with every form of absoluteness that the winner of the trophy still lays within the top three teams and Arsenal unlike last season is seriously in the fight and they seem to have the most of advantage as they have a bigger point difference as compared to that which they did had last season which made it much easier for Manchester city to displace them and got to the top of the league very easily but this season the seem to be more at the top of their game much more than they have been last season.

Between Arsenal and Liverpool one of these team is definitely going to win the trophy this season but then Manchester city wishes to defend the trophy but i doubt if they will actually be able to do that because they are at the third position even if with not much point difference but then the two teams at the top are striving all they can to make sure to win the trophy and so they don't look like they are willing to afford any form of mistake.

Pochettino has not done well this season, to be honest. As a matter of fact, I was expecting Chelsea to win over Sheffield in this match because Chelsea had all the opportunity that they can to make this happen. But one would not be surprised because Chelsea doesn't really have anything to lose as far as this season is concerned. Being at the 9th position of the table standing of the league is a no-no for a A-team like Chelsea. So nothing would be surprising to any one of us any longer if Chelsea decides to draw with the likes of Sheffield. And I'm not saying Sheffield is not doing their best anyways.

But having an A club like Chelsea to play against Sheffield, you're expecting the best from them. And that is why, unlike Chelsea, I would applaud Manchester United because they've shown that prowess. They've shown that capacity to match Liverpool game by game. And to draw with them in the last match they had, that was a giant stride. I suppose if it was Chelsea, Liverpool would have beat them hands down. Pochettino really needs to work hard in the subsequent season to come. As for this season, it's a no-no for Chelsea. And I'm really disappointed.

Man United's performance was still quite good against Liverpool even though the previous match lost to Chelsea but I was happy with last night's match.
Chelsea is worse, somehow Chelsea is worse playing with the lower teams than playing with the upper teams this team reacts faster but with Shuffield not being able to win it is really bad because this team is at the bottom.
This is why I always hesitate when betting on Chelsea games.

I followed the first half of the game between Manchester United and Liverpool and I was really disappointed with Manchester United defence line especially when Liverpool scored their first goal which was a huge mistake by everyone from the coach to players. All of them should be blamed and they have to learn from it.
For the remaining time of the first half, Liverpool continued their domination without a serious attempt from ManU except maybe one.
For the second, I just saw a part of it when Manchester United woke up and scored their first goal and things seemed to be a little bit difficult for Liverpool which lost two points by the end of 2 - 2 draw in addition to their first spot. Gunners passed to the first rank for the moment!

Yes, they have matches against Chelsea, MU, tottenham, they are all serious, MU proved today that they can take points away from such top teams at the top of the table. To be honest I can't remember the last time there was a hard fought battle for the championship from three teams at once. Moreover, I believe that in this scenario Manchester City have the most to take away the championship so far, but that's just a speculation

Although the first half was a night of absolute liverpool dominance, manchester united somehow managed to get a draw after a simple mistake. There is a lot of talk about the controversial penalty that liverpool got, but there were many penalties and reds that should have been given in liverpool's favour this season. If they had been given, they would probably be leading by 5-6 points right now. What I saw positively for man utd in the match was that they created useful sets of ball outs from the defence. They made such good ball outs against a quality pressing team like liverpool that I was surprised. I think coach klopp should show the players the positions in the match one by one on video and teach them not to act selfishly. It was a very fast paced and enjoyable game in which the wasteful liverpool paid for their first half generosity by conceding 2 points.

It is weird how inconsistent their game actually is. You would expect that after such a spectacular turnaround against Manchester United, it gives the players some extra drive and motivation to continue that streak, but no. Chelsea is the one team this season in the Premier League that can't ever get their stuff straight. I think Pochettino is one of the worst coaches out there, but it seems that some football fans like him and consider him a good coach. In my opinion he hasn't really achieved anything in his career except for reaching the final in the Champions League with Tottenham. That was a nice run they had back then. But winning Ligue 1 with PSG doesn't count. I don't know how this guy gets these positions at top teams.

Things are just going crazy and I think Chelsea needs to check themselves for a clue why the club is not doing well like the way we used to be happy when Chelsea is having match. Today's matches are just fun and funny to me. I had to leave the match when Chelsea was playing 1 - 1 thinking Chelsea would finally score and win the match. It is just too disappointing for me to see a once great team losing matches to smaller team that are never compared to them when it comes to playing games and having senior players. Manchester United have really done well and I was thinking thermy are going to lose with a big disgrace, but the match went the other way round.

Chelsea has not been consistent in their games few matches now despite winning 4:3 against Manchester united in their last encounter with them, Chelsea is a bit disorganised and unfocused, I think today would have been an opportunity for them to make a difference but what did we see, a different from what we expected, though any team can draw but there are teams that are consider weak and most big side will not give this chances to draw with this teams, this team is suppose to be a work over for Chelsea but it is unfortunate that Chelsea couldn't outshine the team.
This 2:2 result is not a good one for pochetino, the manger has to up his games so that good results will come, if I am to rate Chelsea, I will rate them as a struggling team, Chelsea has been struggling since the beginning of this season and they are not still getting it right.

I had confidence that Liverpool win win the match, I placed my bet on Liverpool to win, but they disappointed me, I never expected draw from them in the match. When the first half of the match ended, and Liverpool was leading with 1 goal difference, I was expecting Liverpool to score multiple goals in the second half of the match, I never believed they will concede two goals in the second half of the match, Liverpool struggled before they could end the match as draw which is not really good for Liverpool. Seriously the league is now interesting, the top three clubs are really fighting for the league title, and all of them have equal chances of winning the league, I can’t really predict who will be winning.

Liverpool before the match, were considered as stronger and could win this match easily but as a match between two big clubs, Manchester United even don't have good form recently, are able to constrain Liverpool. It is not an easy match for both and a draw is like a failure for Liverpool in their title race.

Arsenal and Manchester City still have matches with big clubs in top six and chances to win a title is opened for all three competitors. One match can change positions in top three a lot like this match can be used as an example. Anyway Manchester City still have less chance in this race by temporary points and positions of all three clubs.

The features might look identical but there is a high tendency of one team among Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal flopping within this remaining matches, so don't say they have the same opportunity, if Liverpool could draw with Manchester United that Chelsea flogged some days ago, you should expect some more drama from this remaining matches but in graining more confident in Arsenal because the way the are moving doesn't seems like they are moving but they are making significant moves.


I never for one day consider a day will come like this that Arsenal will take back their rightful place, they were the top team from the beginning but when they started drawing matches, it affected them. At this point I think the Premier League just need to create an additional two trophy for Arsenal Manchester City and Liverpool so that this competition will calm, there isn't a margin between them, to tight just like the way they were sharing 63,64 and 65, any team that lose a match here will hardly make it again.

Liverpool deserved a win in that game and Man Utd only earned a draw by luck. The United's first goal was essentially a gift from Liverpool's defense. United once again proved that despite scoring 2 goals they are really lacking in attack. I expected to see some tactical changes from Ten Hag, but it doesn't look like he's willing or capable of improving anything.

I think 4th place is already out of reach for Man Utd, but they still can attack Villa's 5th spot. They are 11 points behind, but have one less game played and have much easier matches left to play, with the home game against Arsenal being the toughest one (potentially). Villa will have to face Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea.

It's quite impressive for Manchester United to be able to prevent Liverpool from getting three points in this match, because Manchester United managed to hold Liverpool to a draw, which basically that Liverpool really needed full points in this moment. With results like this,Arsenal and Liverpool now really have the same points with the same number of matches and yes, it would be interesting if the winner of the trophy was only determined or only had a difference in the number of goals.But indeed, there are still many matches to be played until the season ends, so Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City will really continue to compete to finish at the top because now their points difference is only one point with Manchester City.

I think making stupid decisions is becoming his forte. The decision to bring on Amrabat for Garnacho was one hell of a crazy one because Garnacho had more influence in the game than Amrabat could ever have made. For me, the substitutions made by ten Hag were as a result of pressure and not because he  was trying to lock shop and throw the keys away because we could see how Liverpool made light work of their defense. The only thing Man UTD could do was hope Jurgen Klopp's men didn't get the third goal and even though they've succeeded in halting Liverpool's progress to the top, not much can be said for their dreams of making it to the champions league.
 

I agree with you, in the last two seasons Chelsea have disappointed the fans quite often, they have never really consistently won every match, so it is not surprising that their current position is far from the European zone. Reshuffling the squad and changing coaches did not allow Chelsea to compete to become a team challenging for the title this season, most of the new players did not perform optimally and some of them had to struggle with long term injury problems. It could be said that Pochettino squad this season played well when facing big teams, but when facing mediocre teams like Sheffield United they will again appear unstable.

The budget spent on building an ideal squad did not go according to expectations, injury problems were the main excuse that Mauricio Pochettino often used when he failed to secure full points. In my opinion, Chelsea really has to replace the coach if they have the ambition to become an elite Premier League team again, because Mauricio Pochettino seems to have failed to take Chelsea in a better direction. For two consecutive seasons, Chelsea has been absent from European competition, which is very inconsistent with the budget they spend on recruiting players.

I was really impressed with Manchester United’s performance in the second half of the match because they played very well in the second half to make it up to their disgraceful performance in the first half for not having any shot in the game at home. At the end, I hail Bruno, Kobbie Mainoo, and other players for the effort they put in the second half. The substitution of Garnacho was one of the mistakes Ten Hag made which caused more pressure to the team because he is a player that can be relied on when ever United is on counter attack, and Wanbisaka’s attempt was a bit hash even though the VAR clearly favored Liverpool because it is clear that he did not touch him but the attempt was there.

Chelsea on the other hand cannot be consistent for one’s, thy couldn’t defeat Sheffield United despite having advantage of scoring first; I think Chelsea need to sack Pochettihnho and sell some players that are not ready for the team’s success because I think they have good players with individual qualities that should have changed the narrative for long.

Tottenham secured an important three points to give them advantage ahead of Aston Villa in the fourth position with one match to be played.

Look at this, I got it very funny :


https://youtu.be/Q0qCF6FeChc?si=gGEn-FutfUZmiSRo

I actually expected Liverpool to win this match. the way this match had been played, I actually started to think Manchester United might get away with three points from this match. You know you are probably going to concede towards the end of the match if you are Manchester United. By the way, this has made the title race a lot more interesting now.

Arsenal: match-31, points 71
Liverpool: match -31, points 71
Manchester City: match-31, points 70

@GxSTxV, From here on it is still for anyone to win. A few weeks ago I thought Liverpool is going to be the winner of the English Premier League. But now I am having my doubts. All three of them are equally good contenders for the title. The good thing is none of them have to think about any other team in the English Premier League because the fourth team is nowhere near them in terms of points.

I thought Chelsea could really secure 3 points against Sheffield today, but in fact I was wrong. Sheffield managed to force Chelsea to draw 2-2 after Oliver McBurnie scored in injury time. It's really hard to believe what Chelsea experienced in this match, they failed to win even though they dominated the match.

Pochettino ultimately had to regret the final result of this away match even though previously he was free to rejoice when he won against Manchester United. Fatigue is likely the reason why Chelsea failed to win, while Sheffield itself will not go anywhere even though they get 1 additional point at home. Sheffield will most likely be relegated at the end of this season, but home games are always considered prestigious.